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starstarstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstarstar Wesley Morris - SF Examiner
starstarstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstarstar John Anderson - Newsday
starstarstarstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstarstarstar Susan Wloszczyna - USA Today
starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstarstarstar Jonathan Foreman - NY Post
starstarstarstar Jane Sumner - Dallas Morning News
starstarstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstarstar Jack Mathews - NY Daily News
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune

“Election is a natural running mate to the decade’s other exceptional high school movie, Rushmore. It’s as original, and has sharper teeth”

- Jay Carr

“Like too many politicians, Election talks a good game but never quite delivers on what it promises”

- Mark Caro

Election
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An over-achieving student (Reese Witherspoon) runs for student body president and a popular teacher (Matthew Broderick) resorts to drastic measures to keep her from winning. Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Phil Reeves, Molly Hagan, Delaney Driscoll. Director: Alexander Payne (1999, R)
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